SCENE: The Traitors at Aviva Studios

Tom Grieve, Contributing Writer

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SCENE: The Traitors

Aviva Studios, Manchester
20 August 2026

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It’s the television show that has gripped the nation. BBC’s The Traitors has earned legions of faithful fans across the country since its debut in 2023. Now, Manchester’s SCENE LGBTQ+ Film & Television Festival invites you to celebrate this small screen phenomenon as part of its opening night festivities.

Overseen by a cloaked Claudia Winkleman – in full-on high-camp mode – audiences know the show as one of outrageous drama as each series a cast of faithfuls work to discover the traitors in their midst. Whether in civilian or celebrity guise, The Traitors guarantees scandalous betrayals, shocking banishments and Hollywood-worthy twists.

Now’s your chance to peek behind the castle shadows and relive some of those most talked about moments as television journalist Scott Bryan sits down to discuss The Traitors with guests including Linda Rands, Amanda Collier, Wilf Webster and Maddy Smedley at Manchester’s AVIVA Studios.

That’s not all, either. After the panel, SCENE are hosting a Traitors party that promises bangers from the turret and goblets of fizzy rosé.

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